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What problems did the Roanoke settlers encounter?

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Harsh winters

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Why did the Jamestown settlers succeed in surviving?

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Captain John a Smith forced settlers to work, he built ties with and got food from the local Powhatan people

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3
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What was the Virginia company?

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Joint-stock company

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Wha is a joint-stock company?

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A company in which investors buy stock in return of a share of it’s future profits

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Did the colonists find gold or riches in Virginia?

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No

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What hardships did Jamestown settlers face?

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Hunger, disease

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What hardships did Jamestown settlers face?

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Hunger, disease

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What was the starving time?

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The winter of 1609-16010

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9
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What crop did they grow in Jamestown?

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Tobacco

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10
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What does expand mean?

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To increase in size or number

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11
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What is a headright?

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A 50 acre grant to settlers who paid their own way

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12
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What is a burgesses?

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Elected representative to an assembly

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What did the burgesses do?

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Made laws for the colony

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14
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How did Virginia become a royal colony?

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In 1624 King James to away the charter

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Why did Jamestown settlers come?

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To find wealth

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Why did the Puritans settle in North America?

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They wanted religious freedom and to purify the Church of England

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What does dissent mean?

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To disagree with or oppose an opinion

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18
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What does persecute mean?

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To mistreat a person or group based on their beliefs

19
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A group of separatists came to America in 1620. What were they called?

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Pilgrims

20
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What is a pilgrim?

A

Someone who undertakes a religious journey

21
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What is the Mayflower compact?

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A document that set up an orderly government system

22
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Who helped the Pilgrims after their first winter when most of them had died?

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Native Americans ~Squanto and Samoset

23
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In the fall of 1621 what event was celebrated with the pilgrims and Native Americans?

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The first thanksgiving

24
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What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

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It gave a sense of rules and government

25
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Why did the Sepratists and Puritans leave England?

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They wanted religious freedom

26
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How was the middle colonies diverse?

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People from all around the world came to them because they had good ports

27
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What is a patroon?

A

Landowner in the Dutch colonies that ruled over a large area of land

28
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What became New York when a fleet of English ships came to attack it?

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New Netherlands

29
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How was New Jersey founded?

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The duke of York decided to split up New York and gave large amounts of land to two proprietors who named it New Jersey

30
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Why did Pennsylvania differ from the other English colonies?

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The Quakers who founded the colony, thought that everyone is equal and can follow their own inner light. They also believed in peaceful ways to resolve wars instead of force and fight.

31
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What did Penn see Pennsylvania as?

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A holy experiment

32
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What are pacifists?

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People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

33
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What was William Penn’s main purpose for founding the colony of Pennsylvania?

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A chance to put his Quaker ideals into practice

34
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How was New York governed?

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It was a proprietor colony, do someone owned all the land and ruled the government

35
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What problems faced Maryland and Virginia?

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They experienced many conflicts, like disagreements about religion and how to treat natives and their land

36
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What are indentured servants?

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Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for a passage to America

37
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How did geography influence the way people lived?

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It influenced the way they lived because depending on the weather and soil and growing seasons they could farm different crops

38
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What is the act of Toleration?

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It ensured that protestants and Catholics could worship freely

39
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Why did Nathaniel Bacon oppose the colonial government?

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Because it was dominated by easterners

40
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What factors contributed to the growth of the Carolinas?

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Nirth Carolina had great ports, they grew tobacco, sold timber and tar, and South Carolina had very fertile land and a long growing season, they also became successful in trade in deerskin, lumber, and beef thrived

41
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What is a constitution?

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A list of fundamental laws to support a government

42
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Why did John Oglethorpe form Georgia?

A

To give debtors and poor people a second chance

43
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What is a debtor?

A

Person or country that owes money

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